Definition

About Definition

The first of two “definition”-themed songs (peep the remix) on Mos and Kweli’s 1999 classic "Mos Def and Talib Kweli are Black Star". Flips several songs by Boogie Down Productions. Hi-Tek’s beat is a reworking of “The P is Free”, the hook is an interpolation of “Stop the Violence”, and Mos throws in a line from “The Bridge Is Over”. This song is Black Star’s take on violence in hip-hop and their dislike of it, this song comes a couple of years after 2Pac and Biggie Smalls were both shot dead. .

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About this song

Credited to

Black Star

Album

Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star · Track 3 of 13

Released

September 29, 1998

Duration

3:26

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324,183 listeners on Last.fm

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From the album: Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star